Mifflinburg Area School District April 23, 2018 Good News Bulletin YOUR SOURCE FOR ALL THINGS GOOD MASD STAFF BIRTHDAYS THOUGHT OF THE WEEK “The meaning of life is 4/24 – Janelle Hicks to find your gift. 4/24 – Lindsay Spurrier The purpose of life is to 4/26 – David Sunderland give it away.” 4/28 – Nancy Fahrman -William Shakespeare Enjoy your special day! The 40th Pennsylvania TSA State Leadership Conference was held at Seven Springs Resort. A field trip was taken to the Flight 93 Visitor Center and the results of the Conference are as follows: Debating Technological Issues Tom Lichtel and Kaylin Foss – Placed 6th Promotional Design Kaylin Foss – Placed 4th CONGRATULATIONS FOR A JOB WELL DONE! 1 Mifflinburg Area School District April 23, 2018 UPCOMING DISTRICT EVENTS 4/24 – PSSA Science Gr. 4 & Gr. 8 4/24 – HS Envirothon – Shikellamy Overlook 4/25 – PSSA Science – Gr. 4 & Gr. 8 4/26 – PSSA Science – Gr. 4 & Gr. 8 4/27 – PSSA Science – Gr. 4 & Gr. 8 4/27 – District 8 South Chorus Fest – Intermediate School 4/27 – PMEA Elementary Songfest 4/30 – PSSA Make-Ups 4/30 – MS Choir Dress Rehearsal 8:30–1:30 p.m. HS Auditorium 4/30 – MS Spring Choir Concert – 7:00 p.m. HS Auditorium Mifflinburg's first annual STEM Night will be held on Congratulations to Caleb Wednesday, April 25 from 6-8 pm at the Intermediate School Reimer!! Caleb has been gym. selected as the recipient of Please come and watch our students from grades K-5 have fun the May Lewisburg Sunrise and learn collaboration, creativity, critical thinking, and Rotary Student of the communication using Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math skills. Month Award from SUN Area Technical Institute Teachers from all four district buildings, SUN Tech teachers, and Bucknell students will be running the activities with help and the Lewisburg Sunrise from high school and middle school students. Rotary Club. Great job! Caprese Stuffed Avocado 1/2 cup grape or cherry tomatoes, halved 4 oz. baby mozzarella balls 2 tablespoons basil pesto homemade or store bought 1 teaspoon minced garlic 1/4 cup olive oil Salt and pepper to season 2 ripe avocados peeled, seeded and halved Fresh basil leaves to serve (optional) 2 tablespoons balsamic glaze reduction to drizzle 2 tablespoons fresh basil chopped Instructions 1. Combine tomatoes, mozzarella balls, pesto, garlic, olive oil, salt and pepper in a bowl. Toss well to evenly combine all of the flavors. 2. Arrange prepared avocado halves onto a plate with fresh basil leaves. 3. Spoon the Caprese filling into each avocado halve and drizzle with balsamic glaze. Top with chopped fresh basil. Serve immediately. 2 Mifflinburg Area School District April 23, 2018 THIS WEEK’S SPORTS SCHEDULE . Tuesday, April 24, 2018 Varsity Girls’ Track vs. Montoursville Area at Montoursville Area High School – 4:00 P.M. Varsity Boys’ Track vs. Montoursville Area at Montoursville Area High School – 4:00 P.M. J.V. Baseball vs. Milton Area at Mifflinburg Intermediate School – 4:30 P.M. Junior High Field Hockey vs. Danville Area at Danville Area High School – 4:30 P.M. J.V./Varsity Girls’ Lacrosse vs. Midd-West at Midd-West High School – 4:30 P.M. J.V. Varsity Boys’ Lacrosse vs. Danville Area at Mifflinburg Intermediate School – 4:30 P.M. Junior High Boys’ Soccer vs. Shamokin Area at Mifflinburg Area Middle School – 4:30 P.M. Varsity Softball vs. Danville Area at Mifflinburg Area High School – 4:30 P.M. Junior High Girls’ Soccer vs. Shamokin Area at Mifflinburg Area Middle School - 5:45 P.M. J.V. Softball vs. Danville Area at Mifflinburg Area High School – 6:00 P.M. Wednesday, April 25, 2018 Varsity Boys’ Tennis vs. Jersey Shore Area at Mifflinburg Area High School – 4:00 P.M. Varsity Baseball vs. Montoursville Area at Mifflinburg Intermediate School – 4:30 P.M. Thursday, April 26, 2018 Varsity Boys’ Tennis vs. Lewisburg Area at Lewisburg Area High School – 4:00 P.M. J.V./Varsity Girls’ Lacrosse vs. Lewisburg Area at Lewisburg Area High School – 4:30 P.M. J.V./Varsity Boys’ Lacrosse vs. Lewisburg Area at Mifflinburg Intermediate School – 4:30 P.M. Varsity Softball vs. Central Columbia at Central Columbia High School – 4:30 P.M. Junior High Girls’ vs. Southern Columbia at Southern Columbia Area High School – 5:30 P.M. Junior High Boys’ vs. Southern Columbia at Southern Columbia Area High School – 5:30 P.M. J.V. Softball vs. Central Columbia at Central Columbia High School – 6:00 P.M. Friday, April 27, 2018 Varsity Boys’ Tennis vs. Williamsport Area at Williamsport Area High School – 4:00 P.M. Varsity Baseball vs. Lewisburg Area at Lewisburg Area High School – 4:30 P.M. J.V./Varsity Girls’ Lacrosse vs. Lewisburg Area at Mifflinburg Intermediate School – 4:30 P.M. Varsity Softball Tournament vs. Upper Dauphin Area at Williamsport Elm Park – 8:00 P.M. Saturday, April 28, 2018 Varsity Softball Tournament vs. TBA at Williamsport Elm Park – 10:00 A.M. J.V./Varsity Boys’ Lacrosse vs. Red Land at Mifflinburg Intermediate School – 11:00 A.M. Varsity Softball Tournament vs. TBA at Williamsport Elm Park – 3:00 P.M. Monday, April 30, 2018 Junior High Boys’ Soccer vs. Susquenita at Susquenita High School – 4:00 P.M. Varsity Baseball vs. Milton Area at Milton Area High School – 4:30 P.M. Junior High Field Hockey vs. Southern Columbia at Mifflinburg Area Middle School – 4:30 P.M. J.V./Varsity Girls’ Lacrosse vs. Selinsgrove Area at Mifflinburg Intermediate School – 4:30 P.M. Junior High Girls Soccer vs. Susquenita at Susquenita High School – 5:30 P.M. 3 Mifflinburg Area School District April 23, 2018 The Sports Wrap-Up Track & Field: While Lewisburg ultimately defeated Mifflinburg this week, Mifflinburg won the following events: Girls 4x800; 1600 – Audrey MacPherson; Girls 4x100; Girls 4x400; Javelin – M. Kerstetter; Long jump – Angelina NATIONAL HISTORY BEE Feliciano; Boys 4x800; 1600 – Quenton Long; 310 High Hurdles – Carson Brubaker; 3200 – Quenton Long; Boys Mifflinburg Middle School was 4x400; High Jump – Ben Chambers. represented well on Friday, April 20, in Moorestown, New Jersey at the Baseball: Regional Finals of the ACE National The Wildcat Boys demolished Midd-West with a 17-1 History Bee. Kyra Mattison, Sam win! The 15-run mercy rule had to be implemented and Deluca and Braden Bridge all end the game with only two outs in the fourth inning. The competed brilliantly against some stats are impressive with the following: Max Troutman 1- very good competition. Sam for-2, double, run, 2 RBIs; Eric Zimmerman 2-for-2, triple, overcame his nerves to finish strong in the first round of his two rounds double, 4 runs, 4 RBIs, Reed Wagner 1-for-3, run, RBI, th of verbal questioning. Kyra was in Darin Miller 3-for-4, home run (4 , 1 on), double, 6 RBIs, a TOUGH field but still managed to Bryce Koonsman 1-for-1, 2 runs; Michael Warren 2-for-2, nearly qualify for the Seventh Grade double, 3 runs, RBI. Great job guys! National Competition during her two rounds and written test. Braden did a tremendous job on The Mifflinburg Baseball Team also won the Don Engle his written test and answered many Memorial Tournament this past weekend, 11-10, against questions during the two verbal Central Columbia. The winning pitcher was Reed rounds. Having no idea of the Wagner. Max Troutman was 1-for 5, run, RBI; Eric outcome of their efforts, we stayed Zimmerman was 2-for-4, RBI; Josh Foster was 2-for-3; for the closing ceremony and found Collin Miller – 4 runs; Garrett Becker was 1-for-2, run; that Braden had qualified for the NATIONAL FINALS OF THE ACE Bryce Koonsman was 2-for-4, double, run, RBI; Noah HISTORY BEE to be held in Atlanta, Stetler was 1-for-2, run, RBI; and Michael Warren had 2 Georgia on June 1 and 2, 2018. runs and 2 RBIs. Way to rally for the win! Congratulations again to Kyra, Sam and Braden and to the PLC of TSA States Results 2018 Mifflinburg Middle School for Congratulations to the Middle School TSA Members in helping to elevate our students to attendance at the TSA State Conference last week from th great success! Wednesday April 18 till Saturday April 21st. Members in attendance included Kellen Beck, Harrison Abram, Josh Hauck, Ethan Dreese, and Bryant Groff. Win or lose, they represented us well with their hard work and outstanding behavior. Result highlights include: Junior Solar Sprint, 5th Place, with the team of Kellen, Harrison, Josh, and Ethan; Flight, 6th Place, Josh Hauck; Technology Bowl, 8th Place, with the team of Kellen, Harrison, and Josh. 4 Mifflinburg Area School District April 23, 2018 SPRING INTO FITNESS CHALLENGE RESULTS The Spring Into Fitness Challenge results have been tallied, and the High School finished in 1st Place with a total of 42,174 minutes! That’s a lot of exercise! Congratulations to all 35 completers throughout the District who achieved the target goal of 900 minutes of exercise. All completers will be receiving a Wildcat Hand Towel. The 11 completers from the High School will be receiving a luncheon from D.C. Coffee. Some noteworthy statistics from the Challenge included an average total of 4,000 minutes exercised per completer from the Intermediate School. The Intermediate School also had an average of 533 minutes of exercise completed per staff member who participated. The Administrative Building had the highest percentage of completers at 27.3%. A random drawing of all completers of the challenge throughout the District was conducted with the following staff members receiving a prize: Ralph Moyer, Lori Rodichok, Sarah Effross, Brittany Earlston, Olesya Siewers, Karen Musser, Tanya Middle School Students of the Month were: Taylor Grenoble, Beth Faunce, Emil Fredrick, Noah Rodichok and Hannah Opdyke! Stenger, Jamiee Joiner and Stacy Intermediate School Students of the Month were: Mast.